St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-22

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| to pay all expenses of the proceedings under
| such petition in said board of drainage
| commissioners shall fail to establish the SUBJ
! drainage districts prayed for in said petition.
| SEC g. 1t shall be the duty of said clerk to
\ receive and file said petition and bond in his
| office and he shall thereupon call meeting of
the board OF DRAINAGE commissioners OF his drain
district to be held at his office not more than
| thirty $50 nor less than twenty (20) days there
| after. The clerk shall give notice of the time
/ and place of such meeting by causing written or
| printed notices signed by him to he posted in at
least three different places within such proposed
| sub drainage district and by mailing copy of
| such notice to each of the town clerks and mem
| bers of the town boards of supervisors of each
| town in which any of the lands proposed to be
| included in such sub-drainage district are sit
uated at least ten t10) days prior to the time of
| such meeting. He shall also file copy of such
| notice in his Office and record the same in the
| drainage record.
| Sec. 8. 1t shall be the duty of the board of
| drainage commissioners of such drainage dis
| trict to meet at the time and place mentioned in
] such notice and the clerk shall lay before them
| the said petition and all other papers in the
case and they shall Ghereupon proceed to asce r
tain whether said petition has the signatures of
| the required number OF OWNERS of land as re-
! owners of one-third (1s) or more in area of the
| lands situated in said proposed sub-drainage
district: and the affidavits Of two or more
credible signers OF said petition, that they have
examined the same. are acquainted with the
| locality of the proposed sub drainage district
and that they believe that sad petition is
lands in said proposed sub-drainage district and
that the said siguerS are the owners OF oue-third
Q-3 or more OF the lands therein,
| be taken as Drjnsa facie evidence Of
| the facts set forth in said petit
tion as aga INST the owners of the lands in the
| proposed sub-drainage district, and rs conclu-
| sive evidence against all persons sign
set forth in said petition. and of
the necessity for the organization Of such pro-
| posed sub drainage district hereunder. At
such meeting any other owners of lands within
said proposed sub-dralnage district shall be per-
mitted to sign said petition if they desire
4 ANY person or persons owning lalld in said pro-
posed sub drainage district whose names do not
appear upon said petition, may at said time and
place appear by himself or attorney and contro-
vert any material statements in said petition:
and for the purpose of such hearing the board
anime all witnesses produced. and shall decide all
questions that may arise at such hearing at such
time and place, and make written statement
of their findings. to be filed with the clerk and
recorded in the drainage record If they find
that the petition has not been signed as herein
required they shall dismiss the same. For cause
shown the board may adjourn from day to day
until such hearing is concluded.
SEC. 10. II said board of drainage commits
sioners shall find in favor OF said petition they
shall Immediately by order appoint three 81
6isinterested persons. residents of the county in
which such proposed SUBJ drainage district is
situated as viewers, to meet at time and place
specified in said order preparatory to commenc-
ing their duties as herein specified. It shall be
the duty of said clerk thereupon to deliver to
said viewers certified copy of the petition and
the order of the board thereon who shall proceed
at the time set in said order with q surveyor